Residents Against the Tunnel: Announcement of East West Link preferred tenderer another pre-election stunt by Government. Media Release 9 September 2014

Today the East West Connect consortium was announced as the preferred bidder.

“This is another political stunt to try and paint this project as being a done deal” said Harriet Mantell from the Residents Against the Tunnel (RAT) group.

There is no binding contract and nothing can be signed. The conditions of the Planning Minister’s own Approval Decision have not yet been met.

“How can contracts be signed for something for which there is no final design?” asked Ms Mantell. Continue Reading…